Subject: Re: [Iproute2]: failed replacing internal netem qdisc with pfifo

From: Jarek Poplawski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:03:30 +0000

On 13-08-2009 12:26, Marcela Maslanova wrote:
> Hello,
> I've received bug report about not being replaced netem with pfifo
> anymore: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515522
> This should be possible according to documentation [1].
> Is this intentional change or is it a bug?

It's intentional:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=02201464119334690fe209849843881b8e9cfa9f

> 
> It worked with kernel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10 and iproute-2.6.27. The problem
> is still present with current iproute and kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.3.fc11.

Yes, netem is classless since 2.6.29, so this documentation needs
updating.

Best regards,
Jarek P.